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Page 13 The Southern Israelite If 1th Our Jewish Artists By JUDITH I. STEIN ular tradition that every suc- rist must endure trials and ,,s before he is af)le most express himself is upheld in ,,f Nathan Koslowsky. This ■ wish artist, who has only \merica four years, has al- .,. t (le a place for himself in .lav artistic circles. Recently, t rvievv, he described his child- I his colorful experiences in ■ hinny the World War. A iitluni Koslowsky than Koslowsky was horn in Rus- " the "Meloviez” forest, in a Ger- l ’”l" n y >n the country of Grodus. t ith. r was manager of the sur- forests in this region and ttnly was compelled to live as - possible to the neighborhood the lather worked. When Na- " ;t ' a s,,l all hoy they moved to 11 "i Krinky, so that the chil- nuV’lit receive some schooling e artist, speaking of his early 111 ■* t 1< .11, saj ( | : van to attend a Cheder at the ttve and at five and a half I 1 beyun to study ‘Chumesh’. heder they taught us to read, "rite, so I kept on copy- hler brother’s Jewish books, '■‘ge, and in that way I learned 't iddish. a year later I learned to read Russian the same way. Fig- arithmetic I learned from the At the age of eight and a rgan to attend the Talmud l! 'd a Russian Folk School, attracted the attention of the teachers, and Rabbis by draw- * and ornaments on paper, 'odcarvings, but especially by ures I drew of my teachers. °nce, when the laughter of ates drew the attention of rs to my caricatures I was unished. - 1,1 >' lather lost his position '' America, where he tried his family, who had re- ihe other side. He kept entreating me, in each letter, to be come a Rabbi. Then came the World War. I was studying at the time at the Bialystoker Yeshiva. Our family, consisting of six children, of whom I was the second, was destitute, for nei ther money nor letters could be re ceived from America. “In 1915 the Germans occupied our town. I was sent to a compulsory tier- man school. There I found a sched ule which allowed for drawing and painting two hours a week. It was a great joy to me at first, but disappoint ment came soon enough, for when the teacher found out I could draw, he made me draw for the class and the pupils copied my drawings. “Later I went on foot to the town Parazowa, fifty kilometers from Kinkry, where I studi *d in a German school. I also studied Hebrew and Talmud there. \\ hen the commander of that town heard that I could draw, he or dered me to come to him for a few hours each day. He made me draw portraits of Von Hindenberg, Wilhelm, and others. Besides, I had to make all kinds of signs for the nearby towns and villages. I was paid next to noth ing for my work. Six months later I returned on foot to Krinky. “My brother and I then began to wander through the villages, seeking any kind of work, to support our fam ily. I worked at many odd jobs: some times as a shepherd, sometimes as a hay cutter, etc. However, through it all I continued to draw and paint. Rich peasant women sometimes or dered monograms, portraits, or orna ments, but paid for my work according to their own good-will. “One day I received an order to draw a portrait of the organist of the church. The priest saw it and prom ised to send me to a famous art school on condition that I become a Catholic. My reaction to that proposition was such that I began tcf ponder deeply over the conception of Jew and Gen tile, and in the end I became an en thusiastic Jewish nationalist. “In 1918 the Germans left our prov inces and the Polish took their places. It became impossible to find work, for each Jew was suspected as a commu nist, a Polish enemy. I had to return to Krinky. In 1920 I became art in structor in the Jewish school there. Two years later I went to Warsaw, where I was attending special courses for teachers in drawing and handicraft. While there I was recommended as art instructor for the Bialystoker Jewish schools. There I began to work on colored illustrations for children’s stories. “In 1926 I came to New York and began to illustrate various children’s books, at the same time working in the Sholem Aleichem schools as art instructor. I attended the National Academy of Design and later the Stu dents Art League.” Since coming to America Mr. Kos- (Continued on page 55) a! Davison's This Fall I he Funic Dress One of the most universally shown and universally becoming of the newer type dresses! it is quite grecian in its simplicity and varied in its treatment. Because it gives the slenderizing line and flatters both large and small figures, the tunic dress is bound to be popular in satin, crepe, velvet or wool crepe. Sizes 14-20, 36-42. Model Sketched, S49.50 Other Tunic Frocks are $29.50 and up The Little Shop, third floor LAVISCN-PAXON CO. Atlanta • *ajjdiattd. with. HKCX'S,Mew y&lA^